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Oct 2015
9m 16s

27 President, Hills?, Carrots, and the S...

JIM
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In another packed pod gram – George Washington was the first president of the United States… …The Black hills of South Dakota…are Hills… Carrots make you see better… ANNNNND – The idea behind the Sandwich was invented by the Earl of Sandwich! 
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